About the project
CREATE is a research-based project that aims at building capacity in the Hydrogen value chain through three (3) core topics:1) Curriculum Development and Collaboration which involves comparison of existing curricula of each partner and comparison of educational needs mapping that has previously been conducted in Namibia and Finland.
2) Online collaboration to strengthen staff competences including simulation, data collection and analysis.
3) Development of Learning, Teaching, and Research Environments, this activity focuses on applied research and the importance of industry-university collaboration for education development. The project includes student and staff mobility.
Project goal
All partners are currently in the process of purchasing hydrogen equipment and developing its use in university laboratories and facilities for use in research and education. A key objective is, as a result of activities further described below, to identify such equipment that could be used in online simulation exercises in all institutions. The involved teachers, research teams and students will be directly involved in such comparisons. Here, linking resources of the partners connected to the Namibia Green Hydrogen Research Institute and Intelligent Systems Institute of Novia UAS will be key.As a result of this project, the members will accomplish the following results:
1) Student and staff mobility from each country and each institution, including site visits to companies operating in energy sector.
2) Sharing of best practices in education and university/industry collaboration.
3) Curricula and degree program comparison.
4) Joint blog publication highlighting the lessons learnt from the collaboration.
Tom Lillhonga
Senior Lecturer